Vania



(Model.)

C. W. PAATZ 8v V. A. GALKINS.

DEVICE FOR SBALING JARS.

Patented Oct.y 25, 1887.

Minesses UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLESA W. FAATZ- AND VERANDA A. CALK'INS, OF SCRANTON, PENNSYL- VANIA.

DEVICE FOR SEALING JARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,212, dated October 25, 1887.

Application filed August 5, 1887. Serial No. 246,193. (Model.) f

I'o all w/tom t may concern:

Beit known that we, CHARLES W.l FAATZ and VERANDA A. GALKINs, of Scranton, in the count-y of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and use- Vful Improvements in Devices for Sealing Fruit ence marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

The object and nature of'our invention will be fully set forth in the following specification and claims.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective vicw of part of a fruitjar embodying our improvements. Figs. 2 and 3 are lsections on the lines x x and y y, respectively, `of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a detached detail.

` Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in the respective figures. A

A is a jar, B the lid or cover, and b an elastic washer. IThe upper part of the neck of the jar is provided with an enlargement, a, which, with the neck of the jar, forms two shoulders, c c2, the shoulder a2 serving to support the elastic washer b and the cover B.

C is a clamp, preferably of spring metal, the sides c c being bent inward and then outward, so as to form inward projections, c', and

outward projections, c2 c2, which serve as short handles or levers. The top of the spring is made slightly concave, as shown. The enlargement a is provided with two slight recesses, e e, directly opposite each other, for a purpose to be, hereinafter explained. These recesses are o f a sufficient width to receive the clamp. At two other points7 directly opposite each other, the enlargement is beveled Vfrom the outer edge of the shoulder a2 to the inncr edge of the shoulder a', as is clearly shown at e', Fig. 3. These beveled parts are for a purpose to be hereinafter explained.

The operation is as follows: The elastic Washer and cover being in position, the clamp is sprung into place, so that the projections c engage with the shoulder ct', and the lower part of the sides of the clamp will bein the recesses e, which serve as alock to keep the clamp in position, as is shown in Fig. 2, The concave top of the spring bearing onthe cover will press it down and make a perfectly-tightjoint. When it is desired to unseal the jar, a slight upward pressure on the projections or levers c2 will spread the spring-clamp sufciently to release it Yfrom the recesses, when it can be turned round till the projections c' reach the beveled-parts e', when it can b e readily removed and the cover taken oft'.

Having thus fully described our invention, whatwe claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with a jar having an enlargement on the upper part of its neck, said enlargement being provided withv slight re cesses at points directly opposite each other, and being beveled', as described, at other points directly opposite each other, of an elastic washer, jar-cover, and spring-clamp, substantially as land for the purpose specified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES W. FAATZ. VERANDA A. GALKNS.

Witnesses:

T. M. OBRIEN, WM. A. COX. 

